wrestling queens
Frothy, silly, and sentimental, WRESTLING QUEENS pits a bunch of checkout chicks against a mob of murderous Mexicans in the World Wide Wrestling arena.
Grappling to win back the affection of her son whom she has had to foster out …
French Film Festival 2014
just a sigh
Emmanuelle Devos draws on her own vocation in JUST A SIGH (LE TEMPS DE L’AVENTURE) in which she plays a jobbing actress, Alix.
At the beginning of JUST A SIGH Alix is waiting in the wings preparing to come on …
violette
In VIOLETTE, brilliant French actress Emmanuelle Devos portrays writer Violette Leduc. If Simone de Beauvoir was the Queen of French letters then Violete was the princess, heir apparent to post war Paris literati.
Pic opens with Violette being pursued through …
michael kohlhass
A cross between Robin Hood and Braveheart, MICHAEL KOHLHAAS is a bleak, brooding and brutal tale of 16th century feudalism.
At his most enigmatic photogenic best, Mads Mikkelsen plays Michael Kohlhaas, an honest horse trader continually cheated by a …
mobius
Apart from his Oscar winning performance in The Artist, Jean Dujardin is possibly best known for his series of spy spoofs starring as secret agent OSS117.
In MOBIUS he shrugs off the spoof and plays a spook for real, a …
under the rainbow
A fractured fairytale is a fair way to describe UNDER THE RAINBOW, a multi layered fable interwoven with strands of Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.
Flic opens with a dreamy blue dream sequence narrated by the dreamer, …
french film festival 2014
The Silver Anniversary of the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival is a golden opportunity to see the latest French language films as well as reacquainting or discovering the work of two masters – Jacques Tati and Francoise Truffaut.
Screening over …